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HAY STAGKER. S No.262 ,0l"2. Patented Aug 1, 1882.

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J. DAIN, Jr. HAY STAGKER.

Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

INVENTOR.

UNITED STAT S JOSEPH DAIN,

PATENT OFFICE.

JR, OF MEADVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN H. ONSTOTT AND JOHN GOOMBS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

. HAY-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,012, dated August 1, 1882. Application filed April 7, 1882. (No inodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. JOSEPH DAIN, Jr, of Meadville, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Stackers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. Figure 1. is a perspective view of my improved hay-stacker. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view 5 in perspective of the carrier, and Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective ofone of the grooved and flanged pulleys. v

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference. This invention relates to that class of haystackers in which a carrier moving upon an inclined track is employed to elevate the hay;

v and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

In the drawingshereto annexed, A represents the main horizontal frame of my improved hay-stacker, which is supported on axles B, mounted upon wheels 0. Theframe' A is provided at its rear end with standards D, supporting the upper end of an inclined track, E.

F is another inclinel track, the lower ends of the sides of which are secured to the sides of frame A, as shown. -The lower track, F, diverges from the track E, being at a less angle to the frame A until near the rear standards, D, where itis curved abruptly in a rearward and downward-direction to meet the horizontal frame A. r

G is a guide-track, secured parallel to track F a sufficient distance above the latter to admit awheel or roller, to be hereinafter described.

H is the carrier, which consists of two sets of teeth or fingers connected together-at a suitable angle, as follows: The lower teeth, I, are framed together by cross-bars J K, and

the upper teeth, L, by a cross-bar, M. Two or more of the teeth L project below the cross bar M, and are hinged to the teeth I by bolts N, thus making'the two tooth-frames adjustable in relation to each other. The lower frame, I J K, is provided with rearward-projecting arms 0 O, suitably'braced to the outer teeth, and provided near their rear ends with pivoted braces P, the upper forward ends of which are adjustably connected by bolts Q to two of the teeth L, which are provided each with a series of openings, R, to receive said bolts. By means of these braces itwill be seen that the toothed frames constituting the carrier may be adjusted at-a greater or less angle in relation to each other. The rear ends ofthe arms 0 are connected by a rod or brace, S, upon which arejournaled wheels or rollers T, which may be flanged, as shown, to run upon the upper side of the track F and under the guide-beam Gr. Said arms 0 are also connected just rear of the cross-bard by another rod or brace, U, having flanged wheels V, traveling upon the upper track, E. The wheels V are made wider than the track, and they are provided near their inner edges with annular grooves W, in which the hoisting-tackle may be reeved, as will be presently described.

To the lower ends of the track-beams E, which are secured at the front end of frame A, are hinged the sides of an extension of said track, which consists of side beams, X, connected, by diagonal braces Y, crossing each other, as shown. This extension, being hinged, maybe folded up upon the main track while the machine is being transported from place i to place. When the machine is in position for use the extension may be folded down so as to rest upon the ground without interfering with the tongue Z, which is accommodated be tween the diagonal braces Y.

A A are ropes attached to the upper ends of the track-beams E, reeved over the wheels V in the annular grooves W of said wheels, back over pulleys B at the upper corners of the track, and finally over a pulley, G, at the rear 5 end of the main frame, where they maybe connected for the attachment of the draft.

The operation of my improved stacker will be readily understood. The machine having been secured in position at the stacking-place, the carrier is lowered to the ground, where it rests until a sufficientquantity of hayhas been placed upon it by horse rakes or gath'erers. The draft is then applied and the carrier gradually elevated upon the inclined track, it being at'the same time gradually tilted by the rollers workingupon thelowerdivergenttrack, F. When the rollers at the rear ends of arms 0 pass into the downwardly-curved upper end of said track the load is tilted back to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. As the summit of track E is approached the rollers T again pass upward until, when the summit is reached, they nearly reach the curve of track E, where they remain while the load is being dumped. While the stack is low the toothed frames of the carrier are adjusted at a greater angle to each other, in order to permit the load to dump easily; but when the stack is being topped off I prefer to decrease the angle, in order that the man building the stack may takejust as much as he wants of the load and send the balance back to bcearried to the next stacking-place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In ahay-stacker, the herein -described frame having two divergent tracks, the upper end of the lower of which is curved downward- 1y to the horizontal or base frame, and guidebeams equidistant from the lower track, in

combination with a carrier having two sets of 35 wheels or rollers, traveling the one upon the upper and the other upon the lower track, as set forth.

2. In a hay-stacker, the combination, with the frame having tracks, substantially as described,of the carrier consisting of two toothed frames hinged together and adjustable in relation to each other by the braces P, pivoted upon the rod S, and bolts Q, adjustable in any one of a series of perforations, R, in the teeth L of the upper frame, and equipped with rollers adapted to travel upon the tracks of the frame, as set forth.

3. The combination of the frame having inclined tracks, the carrier having flanged rollers V, provided with annular grooves W, and the draft-ropes secured at the upper corners of the track and reeved over said grooved wheels or rollers, as set forth.

4. The combination of the frame A, having axles and wheels B O, tongue Z, and inclined track E, with the extension hinged to the lower end of said inclin'ed track, and consisting ofsides X, connected by diagonal braces Y, as set forth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature-in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH mm, JR.v

Witnesses:

WM. BAGGER, JNo. H. Onscrocrr. 

